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You may or may not have heard that Google has been working on a new “collaborative tool” called Google Wave. I first heard about it this spring and have been monitoring news about it on and off. It’s not widely available yet, but I’ll be checking it out as soon as it is. If it turns out the way I suspect, I think it’s really going to change the way we use email and communications online.

So what is it? Instead of trying to explain it myself, here’s a video that illustrates what it does pretty well.

So what does something like Google Wave mean for you? Off the top of my head, there are a couple of situations I think it would be useful…

  • If you’re a member or an organizer of a group or organization, then something like this could make communications between members a whole lot easier. I’m currently organizing a Meetup group and something like this would be a lot more useful than the regular back and forth emails to group members
  • If you’re working on a project with a group of people (setting up a website, doing a collaboration, custom work, doing a large commission) something like this could keep exchanges between all parties from getting lost (and people getting ticked off)

Anyway…stay tuned.